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308 NEDBANK GROUP Limited INTEGRATED REPORT 201015 OPERATING EXPENSESStaff costs 8 794 7 898Salaries and wages 7 735 7 067Short-term incentives 981 833Long-term employee benefits* (44) (15)Share-based payments expense – employees** 122 13Computer processing 2 135 1 993Depreciation for computer equipment 337 340Amortisation of computer software 496 459Operating lease charges for computer equipment 167 137Other computer processing expenses 1 135 1 057Communication and travel 671 633Depreciation for vehicles 8 4Other communication and travel 663 629Occupation and accommodation 1 392 1 262Depreciation for owner-occupied land and buildings 106 81Operating lease charges for land and buildings 526 527Other occupation and accommodation expenses 760 654Marketing and public relations*** 1 009 861Fees and insurances 1 592 1 407Auditors’ remuneration 107 104Statutory audit – current year 81 762010Rm– prior year 1 2Non-audit services – interim reviews 6 6– other services 19 20Other fees and insurance costs 1 485 1 303Furniture, office equipment and consumables 357 340Depreciation for furniture and other equipment 263 207Operating lease charge for furniture and other equipment 11 26Other office equipment and consumables 83 107Other operating expenses 500 580Amortisation of intangible assets 64 38Other sundries*** 436 542Included in staff costs are the following:2009Rm16 450 14 974– Executive directors’ remuneration**** 28 27– Non-executive directors’ remuneration**** 11 1039 37* Includes contributions to defined-benefit and defined-contribution pension funds and postretirement medical aid funding and any adjustments for definedbenefitobligations together with any fair-value adjustments of plan assets held. See note 35.** Excluding amounts related to the group’s BEE schemes.*** 2009 comparative information has been restated for Imperial Bank Limited joint venture and alliance management fees of R28 million previously disclosed inmarketing and public relations expenses.**** See pages 232 to 236 of the Remuneration Report for a detailed breakdown of directors’ remuneration.Certain expenses incurred by the company on behalf of subsidiary companies are recovered from subsidiary companies.See note 15.2 for a breakdown of total expenses by operating segment.